These slots are for the coolant to run out when your heater core fails.

Scott Longing <slonging@VT.EDU>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 08/30/2002 04:11:03
PM

Please respond to Scott Longing <slonging@VT.EDU>

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Subject:    Re: bench seat storage

No Shit.  I understand that you lift up the seat bottom to access the
storage area.  My question was about the 2 cutouts on the lower panel and
if the panel was made to be moved/folded down.  Glad I could humor you,
"JordanVW."  Thanks for the outstanding input.

Scott
85 Vanagon

At 03:32 PM 8/30/2002 -0400, JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/30/02 2:38:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>slonging@VT.EDU writes:
>
>
>>I have an 85 weekender with the fold-down bench seat.  It seems that I
>>should be able to pull down the panel below the seat to expose the
storage
>>area without pulling up the bench seat.  I think this because of the 2
>>small cutouts on the upper margin of the panel, and also there is some
sort
>>of small leverage bar, lock bar or whatever connected to the frame within
>>the storage area.  However, there are 2 screws on each end of this panel
>>that makes me think there is no way to do this.
>
>
>i was thinking..unbelievable..but then, this is friday so this is probably
>a joke question..  :<)
>(serious note now )    you lift up the seatbottom to acess the underseat
>storage.
>thats it.
>chris